Tips for a nem/clown only tank?

lastlight · #1 09-10-2010, 05:40 PM

With a BTA will running BB work? I want to be able to vacuum detritus out and that doesn't work too well with a sandbed.

reefwars · #2 09-10-2010, 05:44 PM

cant see why not, they like the rocks anyways and their food comes from light and target feeding, ive never had one with a barebottom tank so its just speculations i could be way off lol

you gettin a rose???

lastlight · #3 09-10-2010, 05:51 PM

Yeah I think so. I tried a nem years ago in my first tank which was BB and failed. But trust me that was for many other reasons so I wanted to ask about the sand issue. I suppose a really light layer of it for looks may be ok too.

I'm not sure when I could add one tho. The tank I think is mature enough but here's the issue. All that rock that's been in it has frags mounted to it. It's all going to the new tank which is full of a few live pieces and mostly stuff that was stored damp so it's nasty. When the big tank is done cycling and i toss a few pieces from it into my Solana...I guess the Solana is a NEW tank again which means no nem. All I want in there is a nem and clowns so should I just run the tank empty for a month and then add my clowns? Then run that for a few months then a nem?

Lance · #4 09-10-2010, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

With a BTA will running BB work? I want to be able to vacuum detritus out and that doesn't work too well with a sandbed.

Nah, the Nem doesn't care what's on the bottom. As long as he has a rock where he wants it he's fine.
Sounds like a good idea Brett. Go for it! A pair of designer clowns with an RBTA would be pretty slick in that tank.

lastlight · #5 09-10-2010, 05:58 PM

Designer clowns lol. That's what some call us web developer types!

I am not down with 99% of these designer fish...I want me a nice pair of black clown but type will depend on whatever I see first lol.

Lance · #6 09-10-2010, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Designer clowns lol. That's what some call us web developer types!

Well, at least you get the "Designer" moniker. I'm just called a "regular" clown.

Myka · #7 09-10-2010, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

With a BTA will running BB work? I want to be able to vacuum detritus out and that doesn't work too well with a sandbed.

BTAs don't care about sand.

I also like the idea of "designer" clowns. It's something different. Not being "down" with the designer clowns is a whole different topic, but I could come up with a million examples of similar practices that you likely support in some way or another.

Designer clowns at least occur naturally without laboratory genetic modification.

lastlight · #8 09-10-2010, 07:12 PM

Oh I was under the impression they occurred naturally. I don't like the way they look =) if we are talking about those picassos etc.

Myka · #9 09-10-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Oh I was under the impression they occurred naturally. I don't like the way they look =) if we are talking about those picassos etc.

Ah ok, well that's just taste then. Many people are concerned about how the color was "developed" when nature itself did the work.